Comments on: 2009 Oscar Nominations

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:04:24 +0000

No Gran Torino – best film of the year, absolute classic by Clint Eastwood. Paul Newman was right to ignore this Oscar mania rubbish.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:02:32 +0000

No Gran Torino ???!!! Complete shambles – Newman was right to ignore this oscar mania crap when he was alive. Disgraceful.

By: HoosierDiva

HoosierDiva — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:25:01 +0000

Vote your own way

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:34:58 +0000

7 pounds was awesome yo, dont be jelous

By: Steven

Steven — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:33:23 +0000

What happened to 7 pounds man? will deserves at least a nominee yo!

By: SalT123

SalT123 — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:51:25 +0000

I caught The Visitor when it was in theaters, and it was one of my favorite films of the whole year! Richard Jenkins from Six Feet Under was outstanding, and I really hope he wins the Oscar for best actor! The Visitor is now on DVD, and I definitely plan on buying a copy for myself and my girlfriend. If you haven't seen the movie yet, you can find more info here: http://www.thevisitorfilm.com/

By: bob

bob — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:14:15 +0000

Y ON EARTH DID THE DARK KNIGHT NOT GET NOMINATED FOR BEST PICTURE!!!!!!!!!! x(

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By: Hpar

Hpar — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:53:44 +0000

I have to agree with you armeet.
Slumdog Millionaire is a good film, but incredibly overrated. I mean you can love the plot, the originality of such a narration, the pace of the movie, the mumbai setting. But its no masterpiece in terms of acting, far from that, and its too predictable.

Else,

GRAN TORINO: where is it? I have seen all of the oscar contenders except Benjamin Button, and its a real shame its not up there, way better than the reader, and easily as good as milk and frost/nixon.

SEVEN POUNDS: not a good movie, will smith is not convincing, doesnt hold its ground at all, had absolutely no chance in any category.

REVOLUTIONARY ROAD: ok kate winslet got snubbed because she got the reader, but dicaprio!! for me, biggest snub. And sam mendes could have got a nod for best director, i mean the pace of the movie and the setting and actor direction are just top class. Might even have got a nod for best picture cos damn, its better than the reader.

THE DARK KNIGHT: i can maybe understand its best picture snub, but chris nolan would deserve recognition as best director, second biggest snub for me.

Any comments? I would love to discuss my opinions.

Cheers ++

By: Hpar

Hpar — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 19:43:47 +0000

THIS YEAR'S MAJOR OSCAR SNUBS:

-Leonardo Dicaprio (Revolutionary Road) and Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino) for best actor nominations
-Gran Torino and The Dark Knight for best picture nomination
-Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino or Changeling) and Chris Nolan for best director nomination

I actually can understand all of those snubs, but what BLOWS my mind, is how the bloody READER gets in the top 5 movies of the year!!
I have seen all possible best picture contenders except Benjamin Button, and The Reader is really not a good movie. Its not bad, but its so unmoving and cold in its direction, that its one of the most ridiculous choices for best picture of the last few years.

So as much as I wanna complain about other movies and actors getting robbed, I'd rather demand an explanation from the academy concerning the reader for best picture.
Because as a faithful film lover, I feel cheated!

By: Trevor

Trevor — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:48:42 +0000

It's obvious you haven't seen Slumdog – or perhaps you just don't "get it". It's easily one of the five best films of the year – and to say Benjamin Button (or the Kite Runner) are better is simply laughable. Unless you have severe man-love for Brad Pitt, Benjamin Button is a truly mediocre film – with great special effects, but nothing else going for it. Brad Pitt up for an individual oscar is laughable as well, he's not in the class of any of the other nominees this year, specifically Langella who is brilliant in Frost/Nixon, or Mickey Rourke (or Jenkins or Penn for that matter…).

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